St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-30
this extension of the limits was simply to
increase the valuation of property so that
more bonds could be issued. The meeting
dissolved without taking action.
I'm Small Doses.

I'm Small Doses.
| Senator Edwards introduced four bills
| which will probably go through in hurry.
| The first two are to repeal the particular
| laws of 1878 and 1885 relating to actions
| against boats and vessels, and to heirship of
real property by descent, both of which the
! courts have held void and useless, and the
| others are to amend the laws relating to
| ayoidable marriages and to the bequeathal of
| personal property. AS these laws stand,
| man may marry an idiot, and obtain possess
! sion of all her property before getting a di-
| yoroe, also when husband dies he can be-
| queath all his personal effects without leaving
| his wife anything. Senator Edwards amend
| ment will annult all marriages in cases of
| either party being of unSound mind, and will
| provide that the surviving party snail receive
| at least third of the personal property left
| by the deceased.
| There is good deal of adverse comment on
| the action of the Democratic member of the
| elections committee, Mr.. Furloug in signing
| the report unseatlng Gross and seating Sni-
! der, on such t1imsy evidence. If he had made
| a minority report in favor of allowing Gross
| to retain his seat the result might have been
| different. A great many voted to unseat
| Gross solely because of the unanimous report
| of the committee. II Furloug bad reported
that three recounts had been made, and each
| time different result arrived at, and assert ed
] that no committee appointed by the house
| could go over the ballots and secure the same
! totals as did the committee on the last re-
! count, it is not probable the house would
! have taken the action it did
Mr.. Culens bin relating to religious corpo-
ratlons amends q chapter of the laws of 1858
| under which Catholic chur ches usually be-
| come incorporated. Prior to the adop ton OF
this, s,section in, its present form all the prop
| erty OF such churches was in the name of the
| bishop. This section was amended in 1881
| and again in 1888 so as TO allow such churches
| TO be incorporated and vet not depart from
/ the rules an regulations of the church. This
amendment is to better enable the church to
have its property vested in a CORPORATION
rather than in a bishop.
The different items embraced in Senator
kellerS St Cloud normal school bill are: Ad-
ditional building, $4,000; heating and fur
nlshing $4,000; furniture, normal depart
ment, LOGO; same. model department, $500;
| cases of apparatus, specimens and books,
5000; deficiency for normal home S3, 900: ad-
| aitlonal furniture for the normal home
Il, 900. and $4,000 per annum-tota SSU, 100
! Senator Halls two bills will give Engineer
Morton, OF the capitol, S1,500 per annum in
stead of Sl,200, and will provide for an as
| slstant for five months instead of for
| four. 1t seems to be the unanimous opinion
| OF the state officials that George earns con-
| siderable more than his present salary, and
| as other engineers are paid from $1,000 to
| 81, SO0, it is felt that the state ought to pay
| fair wages.
| The bill giving clerks of school districts the
| privilege of subscribing for the journal,
| School Education, the production of Sanford
/ Niles, the subscription price to be charged up
| to the profit and loss accounts of their re-
SpectiVe districts, was credited to Senator
| Durant. Senator Daniels came around and
| had it corrected, explaining that he was the
father of the bill and did not want Durant to
| bear the blame.
To establish and maintain school of min
| ing and industry at Duluth, for which an ap-
Snn0 Sl-nl e ,xvIx<,
| tor Whiteman's bill proposes to do. Ten acres
| OF Mt and profitable land, rich in minerals, at
| or near Duluth, is to be obtained for the pur-
pose, and the institution is to be placed under
board of control to consist of five members
! appointed by the governor. The special min
| Ing committee will look after it.
Senator Day looks after the two-cent gopher
pounty. somebody was cruel enough 10 ask
/ him If he would go for two-cent bou nty.
| But Day is also looking after the interests of
| the settler who has planted himself upon the
| st. Paul Chicago railroad lands, and if his
1 bill passes the settler will become in absolute
| legal possession.
EThe senate judiciary substitute for Mach
/ bars election district bill proposes to make
| each village Of 500 inhabitants separate
\ election district. The substitute for the bill
| relating to the adoption of children will en-
| power the courts to give away the children
when their parents have become insane or
| have abandoned their children.
Mr.. Lum's proposed amendment to the con-
stitution simply strikes out that portion of
| the article which provides that changes in the
! laws regarding the taxation Of railroads shall
be submitted to vote of the people. Under
I Mr.. Lum's amendment laws governing the
taxation of railroads can be enacted the same
| as other laws.
| 1t is now given out that the senate will not
| during this session consent to a reapportion-
ment of the state. Why? Well, as each SEN
ator is elected for four years, he does not
/ propose to legislate himself out of Office, and
a redistricting of the state would do that.
At last Mr.. Newells political standing is
known. He is good Republican and good
, Democrat. A close observer will note the
! fact that Mr.. Newells pants are always
ripped in the stride, as is the case with all
; stradders who attempt to spread their legs
/; out over too much ground.
Gov. McGil has signed the bills authoriz-
! ing Breckenridge to issue bonds to fund its
i Indebtedness; to establish municipal court;
! at Branerd and to authorize the cofninissioE-s
ers of 1sanh county to issue bonds to erect.
! county buildings.
! Fish Commissioner r. o. Sweeny submitted
! his report to the senate for the benefit of
! Senator Goodrich. As it is in the form of a
pamphlet of score or more of pages SEN
| ator Goodrich will peruse it at his conyen-
1ence.
| "Social bills" have become a nuisance in
| the house, so much so as to block the wheels
of legislation. There was strong kick yes
terday against considering them when it de-
| layed business of an important character.
! A caucus of the Republican members of
! the senate and house will be held in,the house
chamber Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The object, as given out, is to consider high
license and make it a party issue.
Mr.. Potter offered a resolution to seat Mr..
Snider, and Donnelly got back at his old
enemy and raised laugh by remarking that
Mr.. Snider could not take the seat until Mr.,
Gross was gotten out OF it.
Mr.. Potter got off pun yesterday, and i'm
mediately fed to escape the vengeance of
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